Images taken by Rhos-on-Sea resident Zoe Walker yesterday show a delivery wagon pulling up at the Llandudno Junction branch of the fast food company - which has been beset by a nationwide delivery problem.

The store was listed as still being closed on the KFC website yesterday.

The company could not be contacted to confirm whether the branch will soon be back open for business, but the lorry certainly got taste buds tingling for fans of the chain.

Branches across North Wales - as well as throughout the UK - have been forced to close or offer reduced menus after a new delivery contract with DHL sparked chicken shortages across the country.

A KFC spokesman last night said: “We anticipate the number of closures will reduce today and over the coming days as our teams work flat out all hours to clear the backlog.

“Each day more deliveries are being made; however, we expect the disruption to some restaurants to continue over the remainder of the week, meaning some will be closed and others operating with a reduced menu or shortened hours."

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The closures were the result of delayed chicken deliveries by DHL, which announced in November that it had been appointed alongside QSL to manage the supply and distribution of food products and packaging for more than 850 KFC restaurants throughout the UK.

Due to operational issues a number of deliveries in recent days have been incomplete or delayed.

DHL said in a statement.“We are working with KFC and our partners to rectify the situation as a priority and apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused."